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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

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Speaker 2: Lauryn Hill's nineteen ninety eight masterpiece, The Miseducation of Lauren

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Speaker 2: Hill is widely considered a hip hop classic and one

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Speaker 2: of the most influential albums ever, and while it stands

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Speaker 2: as her only solo studio album today, Lauren has just

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Speaker 2: announced a tour designed to celebrate its twenty fifth anniversary.

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Speaker 2: Ad to make the affair even more special, She's also

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Speaker 2: confirmed her trio The Fujis with Praz and Y Kleffel

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Speaker 2: opened all her North American dates. The Fujis originally planned

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Speaker 2: to reunite last year for the anniversary of their album

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Speaker 2: The Score, before canceling all plans and whittling it down

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Speaker 2: to a single concert. In a statement reflecting on the

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Speaker 2: making of her solo album, Lauren says, The Miseducation of

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Speaker 2: Lauren Hill is and was a love song to my parents, family, people,

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Speaker 2: musical and cultural forbears, teachers, loves, and my creator. I

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Speaker 2: wrote love songs and protest songs about the subjects and

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Speaker 2: interest that inspired and moved me. I was confident that

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Speaker 2: what inspired me would resonate her tour, Lauryn Hill kicks

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Speaker 2: off September eighth in Minneapolis.

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Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood